This position will lead development projects for state-of-the-art heavy duty EV battery technologies. Proterra is looking for a program management professional with strong technical, communication, and leadership skills to meet the demanding technical, quality, and schedule requirements of this growing industry. This position will report to Proterra’s Director of Program.

This position will be immersed in the development process and will shepherd projects from concept through to prototype validation and production hand-off. As a Program Manager of Battery Technology, you would be expected understand the product requirements, technical risks and the validation strategy to accelerate the development process. You’ll be passionate about our mission of clean, quiet transportation for all, drawn toward managing complex projects, and able to demonstrate a high degree of process ownership and innovation.

About the Role – You will:

Lead battery technology development projects
Develop and communicating project plans and schedules
Identify creative ways to overcome obstacles and meet the schedule despite setbacks.
Proactively ensure that risk mitigating actions are on-going within the engineering teams
Identify multi-functional design dependencies and risks
Transparent communication and escalation with leadership team when required
Contribute to weekly cross-functional team meetings for each project
Track and drive closure to supply chain, manufacturing and prototype build issues
Collaborate with:
Commercial team to understand customer requirements and contracts
Engineering and purchasing team to ensure on-time releases and procurement
Software and firmware engineers to ensure that software goals and schedules are synced
Reliability and test engineers to make sure validation efforts are thorough and timely
New Production Introduction (NPI) to bring up and hand-off production of the products
Other duties as assigned by management

About Our Group:

As strategic leaders, the Program Management team strives to ensure that our values, culture, and engagement always allow us to do great things for our company. We work collaboratively to build strong relationships with the wider Battery Technology Development team, and support each other within our own team. We treat each other with respect, and always try to have a little fun every day!

About You:

Self-starter with the ability to adapt to interpersonal styles and techniques to influence at all levels of the organization
Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, establish trust and credibility, and act with complete integrity
Strong time management and organizational skills
Strong analytical, problem solving and planning skills
Excellent communicator, relationship builder and able to thrive in multi-functional team engagement
Self-motivated, biased towards results, and has a strong sense of ownership
Excellent English communication skills

Your Experience Includes:

8-12 years of experience in experience in managing complex projects through the full product development life cycle
Demonstrated experience leading customer-facing programs
Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining and communicating schedules
Demonstrated understanding of product release cycle as it relates to the creation and change management of parts and BOM structures
Demonstrated ability to quickly understand and communicate tradeoffs between engineering design, manufacturability, schedule and cost
Demonstrated ability to communicate/present complex technical concepts to non-technical teams, audience ranging from cross functional support individuals to executive leadership
BS in an engineering discipline; OR equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability
Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications
Ability work onsite at one of Proterra’s locations either in Burlingame, CA or Greer, SC
Ability to travel as needed to Proterra sites and project-related partner sites

You might also have:

Battery pack other transferable experience.
Experience with hybrid or electric vehicles.

Travel: 0-15%

Location: Greer, SC

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